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12/26-12/28 Potential Snow Threat


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Southeast Canada has major changes. Lots of moving parts. We are so close to seeing a mecs this run for NYC metro

That run would have a nasty period of snows behind the low for NYC, probably 4-8 hours or so. Everything is perfect at 500/700/850 there and the low track is great, you'd want it a tad more east but my 123 hours its likely snowing everywhere but eastern LI.

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That run would have a nasty period of snows behind the low for NYC, probably 4-8 hours or so. Everything is perfect at 500/700/850 there and the low track is great, you'd want it a tad more east but my 123 hours its likely snowing everywhere but eastern LI.

Precip maps show snow just to the west of NYC throughout the event. If this storm shifts to the east, the area would see all snow. The city changes to snow at 132 until 138.

http://raleighwx.americanwx.com/models/gfs/06zgfsptype132.gif

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I said yesterday that 9 days ago we were off by 1000 miles , 7 days ago we were off by 100 miles. Now at 4 days out we prob need the low another 75 miles east of AC and Montauk , so baby steps. Keep in mind once the Xmas system passes u will created snow cover , it will create lower temps than what the model is seeing now , it aids in the baroclinic zone for the next system

If the Xmas system accumulates all the way to the coast It is likely that CAD is present because any NE wind will b blowing over fresh snow cover will keep the BL in the mid 30s at worst Is it an all snow event at the coast presentlymprob not but think back to jan 2010 how fast did you accumulate once the low got east of AC , it's a similar set up. As it is right now your not going to hav to travel very far Northern NJ ,Eastern penn , lower Hudson valley and central and northern CT to see a ft of snow. There's a lot of liquid with this system

So a job 75 miles over the next 4 days is not out of the question So i believe Xmas holds the key

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I said yesterday that 9 days ago we were off by 1000 miles , 7 days ago we were off by 100 miles. Now at 4 days out we prob need the low another 75 miles east of AC and Montauk , so baby steps. Keep in mind once the Xmas system passes u will created snow cover , it will create lower temps than what the model is seeing now , it aids in the baroclinic zone for the next system

If the Xmas system accumulates all the way to the coast It is likely that CAD is present because any NE wind will b blowing over fresh snow cover will keep the BL in the mid 30s at worst Is it an all snow event at the coast presentlymprob not but think back to jan 2010 how fast did you accumulate once the low got east of AC , it's a similar set up. As it is right now your not going to hav to travel very far Northern NJ ,Eastern penn , lower Hudson valley and central and northern CT to see a ft of snow. There's a lot of liquid with this system

So a job 75 miles over the next 4 days is not out of the question So i believe Xmas holds the key

The Euro ensemble mean hasn't budged since it started showing the low hugging the coast earlier this week.

All the other guidance is coming late to the party.

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The 6z GFS is a touch stronger with the primary, but transfers sooner than the 00z GFS did, and as a result is much colder at 850 mb than 00z was. A good bit more snow on the GFS for the northern half of nj than the 00z as well.

06 GFS is pushing out 2.2" for the 12/25, and 9.8" of snow for the 12/27 event up here at KSWF.

http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/~ckarsten/cobb/cobb.php?model=gfsm&site=kswf

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The Euro ensemble mean hasn't budged since it started showing the low hugging the coast earlier this week.

All the other guidance is coming late to the party.

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True but all the operational have over the last 4 days. A 75 mile tick off the ensembles would still b a major coupe for the euro ensembles

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That run would have a nasty period of snows behind the low for NYC, probably 4-8 hours or so. Everything is perfect at 500/700/850 there and the low track is great, you'd want it a tad more east but my 123 hours its likely snowing everywhere but eastern LI.

Meh. Backside snows seems to never work out

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I now have access to the Euro ensemble mean information in 6 hr increments and I can tell you that the 6z GFS and the 0z Euro ensemble mean look identical in terms of low pressure placement and 850 line placement. They both get the 850 line to roughly just east of Rt. 287 and just south of Rt. 78 in Northern New Jersey at the warmest point, which is 120 hrs on the GFS 6z run and 126 hrs. on the 0z Euro ensemble run. Amazing agreement between the 6z GFS and the Euro ensemble. At the moment, the 6z GFS looks 100% accurate based upon the latest computer model guidance. Also, as far as the following weekend storm goes for next Saturday and Sunday, the Euro ensemble mean is quite bullish with this storm as well, but it keeps it further off shore and as a result, MUCH colder than the Euro operational run, which is a fantastic sign if you want another snowstorm in our area next weekend also.

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Meh. Backside snows seems to never work out

some storms do work out...I can't remember any recent ones though...I can remember a few December storms that gave us a back slapping...There was 12/15/1968...5.2"...12/22/1967...1.0"...12/11/1992...1" ...12/12/1993...3"...2002 had more snow on the back side in NYC...It can happen...But will it?...

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Just from my personal experience having lived in Buffalo for 6 years, heavy snow events almost never occur in BUF when SLP re-develop or head over PHL.

Also, you cannot use blocking as a reason for the storm not to cut. This is an Archambault event. NAO is quickly rising leading up to this event.

YAWWWWWWWWWWWWWN , not cutting a storm to the lakes in the face of a block , follow the Euro ensembles the Secondary will form of the Va coast and then we will argue over 75 miles .

Again , not goin to the lakes period .

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Just from my personal experience having lived in Buffalo for 6 years, heavy snow events almost never occur in BUF when SLP re-develop or head over PHL.

Also, you cannot use blocking as a reason for the storm not to cut. This is an Archambault event. NAO is quickly rising leading up to this event.

NAO is rising?..do you see what I see?..there is a big block there..unless we are seeing different maps

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Just from my personal experience having lived in Buffalo for 6 years, heavy snow events almost never occur in BUF when SLP re-develop or head over PHL.

Also, you cannot use blocking as a reason for the storm not to cut. This is an Archambault event. NAO is quickly rising leading up to this event.

Not sure if I deleted by accidcent , so here it is again . The NAO rises when a storm comes up the coast .

I am not buying the 12z yet because I believe the main feature heads through the Tenn Valley and Secondaries off the VA coast .

Question was Where do you think the main feature goes and where does it Secondary ?

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Just from my personal experience having lived in Buffalo for 6 years, heavy snow events almost never occur in BUF when SLP re-develop or head over PHL.

Also, you cannot use blocking as a reason for the storm not to cut. This is an Archambault event. NAO is quickly rising leading up to this event.

Agree about the blocking. There is a pervasive myth that a Canadian Maritimes cutoff means a primary can't approach the Lakes. It's not true and partly due to the conceptualization of weather systems as objects that bump into each other like bowling balls.

It's true that the "block" will probably prevent the primary low from surging to Montreal. The upper level structure will likely encouragement SLP somewhere along the Atlantic coast south of SNE. But the primary surface and mid level lows CAN move into the Lakes and advect warm air into our region before coastal redevelopment.

In light of other guidance and previous runs, I think the 12z GFS is too far NW. But it might not be.

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